Leech Lake Rec Area

We had a wonderful time and everyone was great!

We reserved site #8 for a 2 week stay after verifying that our RV would fit into the space. We couldn’t have been more wrong. The site is listed as accommodating vehicles up to 68 ft in length. We have a 35 ft. 5th Wheel and full size Ram 3500. We pulled in found our site and after 90 minutes of frustrating vehicle maneuvering that included everyone in the other sites - we gave up and had to go back to the ranger station and request a new site. Which they only had for 4 days. (And while we were there requesting a new site, 2 Class A’s were doing the same thing because of the same problem.
They couldn’t back into their sites either.). We did get into a site - not easy - and tried to figure out if there were other sites we could have picked. The answer is yes and no. This particular campground has trees everywhere which is great, except they are also at the entrance to almost every single site on both sides. Making matters worse is the roads are really skinny and hard to turn whether it’s backing in or just going around a curve. The ranger told us they have a proposal in to widen the roads and fix the entrance to the campsites, but it’s unlikely it will get approved. If you have a tiny camper, or a smaller Class A, B or C you most likely will not have a problem. All that said the campground is very lovely. Free washer and dryers, which are in good shape. New bathhouses with good showers and water pressure. Shuffleboard and horseshoes. Having a water front site is nice for the view but that was about it. I have a stand up paddle board and I wasn’t allowed to launch it. There is no beach for swimming not that I think you’d want to. I mean it’s called Leech Lake for a reason.

Overall if we had to do it again we would stay there but I know now which sites to pick and I would not do it for longer than 4 days max. It’s a very remote location and unless you are hard core fisherman there just isn’t much to do.

We reserved site #8 for a 2 week stay after verifying that our RV would fit into the space. We couldn’t have been more wrong. The site is listed as accommodating vehicles up to 68 ft in length. We have a 35 ft. 5th Wheel and full size Ram 3500. We pulled in found our site and after 90 minutes of frustrating vehicle maneuvering that included everyone in the other sites - we gave up and had to go back to the ranger station and request a new site. Which they only had for 4 days. (And while we were there requesting a new site, 2 Class A’s were doing the same thing because of the same problem.
They couldn’t back into their sites either.). We did get into a site - not easy - and tried to figure out if there were other sites we could have picked. The answer is yes and no. This particular campground has trees everywhere which is great, except they are also at the entrance to almost every single site on both sides. Making matters worse is the roads are really skinny and hard to turn whether it’s backing in or just going around a curve. The ranger told us they have a proposal in to widen the roads and fix the entrance to the campsites, but it’s unlikely it will get approved. If you have a tiny camper, or a smaller Class A, B or C you most likely will not have a problem. All that said the campground is very lovely. Free washer and dryers, which are in good shape. New bathhouses with good showers and water pressure. Shuffleboard and horseshoes. Having a water front site is nice for the view but that was about it. I have a stand up paddle board and I wasn’t allowed to launch it. There is no beach for swimming not that I think you’d want to. I mean it’s called Leech Lake for a reason.

Overall if we had to do it again we would stay there but I know now which sites to pick and I would not do it for longer than 4 days max. It’s a very remote location and unless you are hard core fisherman there just isn’t much to do.

It was a beautiful campsite to stay at with the family. Good atmosphere and everything is kept up quite nicely.

It was a beautiful campsite to stay at with the family. Good atmosphere and everything is kept up quite nicely.

The campground was very well maintained with decent access to the lake (via a mile and a half channel) clean restrooms and quiet nights.

The campground was very well maintained with decent access to the lake (via a mile and a half channel) clean restrooms and quiet nights.

Excited to go back.

Excited to go back.

Enjoyed my stay at the leach Lake Corpsite. Everything was clean and orderly, bathrooms/showers were cleaned every day which was nice.
The only reason I didn’t give it a five star was that a camper/sites near mine had a dog that whined and yipped all day. When I say all day I literally mean from 8:30 AM till 9 or 10 PM. I wish that the park ranger or camp host would have enforced the policy concerning pets.